When it comes to the best in Southern California coastal lifestyle, it doesn’t get any better than life on The Strand in Manhattan Beach. Manhattan Beach’s beach front address offers some of the most sought after, and valuable properties in California. Prices along this oceanfront stretch have skyrocketed in the past few years as more luxury and high end buyers have determined that Manhattan Beach is the place to own and live. Builders, pro athletes, entertainers and other big money players have snapped up everything from luxurious new construction to fixers and tear downs. That trend may be slowing, however, as the number of homes available continues to increase while the current listings often take longer to sell.

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It’s always interesting when I see a listing that’s been on the market a while and during that time the list price has actually increased. The beachfront home at 3001 The Strand in Hermosa Beach is one of those and it is interesting what goes on in sellers minds. Often times the prices reflect an update based on even more recent sales, but it does seem a strange tactic to continually increase the price. If buyers were not willing to pay the previous amount I’m just not sure how and why a price increase is going to help sell the home. The home was originally listed in June of 2013 at very high, but somewhat reasonable $11,900,o00. That’s a big number, even for beachfront property, but it is a very large home ideally located in the north Hermosa sand section, and is relatively new being built in 2007. In August they changed realtors and re-listed the home for $13,900,000 which is almost a record setting number. In late October they must have decided that they felt it was worth even more as they raised the price a third time to $14,900,000 and there it sits. I had the chance to show the home and although it’s beautiful and location can’t be beat, it was a very custom home suited to the original owners tastes with white marble floors throughout. Clearly price was altered with the sale of nearby 2666 The Strand but that home was brand new, 7000+ feet on an very unusual lot that allowed for over 70 feet of beach frontage.

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The answer to the question, “what’s so great about the Manhattan Beach sand section anyway?” can be summed up with 3 words……Location, location, location. The “sand” section of Manhattan Beach gets it’s name from the proximity to the beach. The area stretches from Hermosa Beach to the edge of Manhattan known as El Porto. In this wonderful area you’re never far from the beach, often walking distance to shops, restaurants and bars, enjoy almost perfect weather, are treated to spectacular sunsets, and often have great ocean views. The biggest drawbacks to this area are the price and the limited space as land is at a premium and just about every inch of lot is taken up by homes. Gone are most of the beach bungalows that actually fit on the lot and most have been replaced by larger and larger homes as wide, deep and tall as they can possibly be. Some of the unique areas are the “walkstreets” in which the homes front a pedestrian only “street” which allows for less noise, no cars, and a much safer atmosphere and the lack of cars make views that much more impressive. El Porto, the most northern area of the sand section, is the most affordable as many of the typical 30×90 foot lots were split and the smaller lots equal smaller homes equal smaller price tags. Without question the most sought after property in the sand section are the very rare and always impressive homes located beach front on “The Strand” These homes offer the high end luxury buyer endless and unblockable ocean views.

The sand section homes for sale, pending home sales an recent closed escrows.

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